Numbers 35:19 · American Standard Version
Numbers 35:19 in the Original Hebrew
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Numbers 35:19 in Other Translations
| KJV | The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him. |
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| WEB | The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death. When he meets him, he shall put him to death. |
| ASV | The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death: when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death. |
| YLT | ‘The redeemer of blood himself doth put the murderer to death; in his coming against him he doth put him to death. |
| WBT | The avenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him. |
| DBY | the avenger of blood, he shall put the murderer to death; when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death. |
Commentary on Numbers 35:19
Expositions from classic Bible commentators.
John Gill · Numbers 35:19
The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer,.... Not only shall have power to do it, but, as it seems, should be obliged to do it; be the executioner of the murderer; but not before his case has been heard, examined, tried, and judged; wherefore the Targum of Jonathan adds,"in judgment,''that is, as Onkelos explains it,"when he is condemned by judgment,''the court of judicature:
when he meeteth him he shall slay him; the first opportunity he has, even though, as Jarchi says, if he meets him in the midst of one of the cities of refuge, and no judgment is passed on him.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown · Numbers 35:16–21
If he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, &c.--Various cases are here enumerated in which the Goel or avenger was at liberty to take the life of the murderer; and every one of them proves a premeditated purpose.
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Questions about Numbers 35:19
What does Numbers 35:19 say?
Numbers 35:19 in the American Standard Version reads: “The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death: when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death.” Read it in the full context of Numbers 35, alongside the classic commentary on this page.
Where is Numbers 35:19 found in the Bible?
Numbers 35:19 is in the book of Numbers, chapter 35, verse 19, in the Old Testament.
What Bible translation is Numbers 35:19 shown in?
This is the American Standard Version (ASV), a public-domain translation. You can compare how other translations render Numbers 35:19 in the table on this page.
The revenger of blood - גאל הדם goel haddam, the redeemer of blood; the next in blood to him who was slain. See on Num 35:12 (note).